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60NNAUGHT MEETING ENDS E F Whitneys Heeltaps Wins the Closing Day Feature Duke Ruff KuHux and Borneo in inThrilling Thrilling Finish Move On Onto to Montreal j OTTAWA Ont June 6 The Vogue Purse for twoyearolds at fiveeighths and the feature attraction for the closing days rac ¬ ing at Connaught Park resulted In an easy victory for Edward P Whitneys Heeltaps ridden by T Pantngton with Arendal and Magic Heed finishing second and third re ¬ spectively The winner dominated the run ¬ ning from the start and displayed a keen burst of speed In the going which was slow She left tho barrier In rapid style and soon drew clear of her opponents Arendal was the one to race In closest pursuit but went wide at tho stretch turn and lost much ground Magic Heed which began slowly came through next to the inner rail and finished going fast fastRacing Racing was brought to a close this after ¬ noon with the running of the usual seven race card The track was slow due to showers which visited this locality last night However overhead conditions were all that could be desired and a crowd of large pro ¬ portions was on hand for the final after ¬ noons sport Racing as a whole was of a spirited order with close and exciting fin ¬ ishes to arouse the enthusiasm of the spec ¬ tators tatorsTho Tho best finish of tho afternoon camo with the fifth race which was a dash of a milo and seventy yards and found Duke Ruff Kuldax and Romeo battling it out to the end noses apart with tho winner undecided until the official placing was displayed The official decision gave tho race in the order named Duko Ruff was ridden by Williams and trailed the pacemaker Sun Brae until rounding tho far turn where ho went to the front Kuklux and Romeo were some dis ¬ tance back during the first part with tho latter racing on the outside of his opponents Romeo lost much ground throughout and at tho finish was going fastest of all allWakefleld Wakefleld accounted for tho sixth a dash of a mila and a sixteenth under claiming conditions Tho winner was ridden by P Walls and was much the best in the race suffering interference at the far turn and coming wide entaring the stretch Cavalier was tha one to establish tho pace but tired and just lasted to withstand the rush of The Portuguese for second place place3TA3IEB 3TA3IEB APTJJB DE EUTItEllPOBD EUTItEllPOBDHarry Harry Morrissey stated fta morning that he would apply for Qio name Rutherford for a chestnut colt by North Star HE Plucky Hen by Martagon Tho youngster will be named after Dr J G Rutherford minister of agriculture of Canada and a great patron of racing 33 E Major will ship from here to Ham ¬ ilton and rest up awaiting racing at that point pointRay Ray Bryson was a visitor this afternoon slopping over en route from Toronto to Mon ¬ treal trealTho Tho twoyearolds in tho Seagram stable which wero victims of the coughing epidemic during the Maryland racing season have fully recovered and are taking exercise exerciseWilliam William Martin has taken over tho book of jockey W Boganowski and will make his engagements during the Montreal meet Ings IngsJockey Jockey J Chalmers who was Injured at Woodbine mado his appearance this after ¬ noon but will be absent from tho saddle for some time timeThe The Thorncliffo Stable and A L Kirby canceled their stall reservations at Blue Bon ¬ nets by wire to J B Campbell today todayThe The Riverside Stable G W J Bissoll and C T Worthington arrived today at duo Bonnets this morning from Toronto TorontoA A special stable carrying the principal sta ¬ bles that raced at Connaught Park will leave here tomorrow morning for Montreal Tho Brookdale Stable Seagram stable W D Bernhardt Edward F Whitney J R Skin ker W A Burttschell A V Thomas W A McKinney and others comprise the makeup of the train
